After a gap of ten years, the award-winning comedian & former half of Baddiel & Skinner returns to the comedy circuit with this performance, part of his 69 date sell-out tour, filmed during a three night run at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. ...

With its riveting blend of horror & science fiction, Frankenstein has gripped the publics imagination since its publication in 1818. Now Sam Ita, the genius of paper engineering & art, transforms Mary Shelleys tragic masterpiece into an unforgettable, stunning & accessible pop-up book. Ita successfully captures the rich, dark drama of his source through amazing images; the entire story unfolds almost cinematically, in a potent mix of graphic novel panels & spectacular three-dimensional designs. The gothic building where Dr. Frankenstein carries out his sinister experiment rises high on the page; a scaffold, complete with a rope noose, emerges threateningly & the misunderstood, rageful monster looms large & menacing, ready to destroy all in his path. This is pure visual magic & a wonderful way to experience a classic. ...

Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, has a great ambition: to create intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he has made a monster. A monster which, abandoned by his master & shunned by everyone who sees it, follows Dr Frankenstein with murder & horrors to the very ends of the earth. ...

Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being, shocking his creation to life with electricity. But this botched creature, rejected by its creator & denied human companionship, sets out to destroy Frankenstein & all that he holds dear. ...

The most celebrated horror story ever written. The dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discovers the secret of life. In the grip of his obsession he constructs & animates a creature from dead body parts
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Victor Frankenstein driven by the mad dream of creating his own creature, experiments with alchemy & science to build a monster stitched together from dead remains.

The hideous creature escapes the labaratoryand searches in vain for friendship. Despairing, he returns to Frankenstein & demands a partner as his right to happiness. But when Victor destroys her before she is completed, the monster vows vengeance.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781785996306
• Author: Mary Shelley
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 205
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.5cm









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James Whale's classic version of Mary Shelley's ghost story made a star of Boris Karloff as the tragic monster. Scientist Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) has become alienated from his friends & bride-to-be through his obsessive determination to create ...

Books Classic Novels Navigating the Arctic, the captain of a ship rescues a man wandering near death across the ice caps. How the man got there reveals itself as a story of ambition, murder & revenge. As a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final frontier & create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-plundered body parts who has no place in the world, & his existence can only lead to tragedy.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781784875602 •†Author:†  Mary Shelley •†Publisher:†  Vintage Classics •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 256 •†Dimensions:†12.9 x 1.78 x 19.81 cm ...

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Begun when the author was only eighteen & conceived from a nightmare, Frankenstein is the deeply disturbing

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Michael Maloney stars in this dark, brooding dramatisation of Mary Shelley's famous novel. " Frankenstein", first published in 1818, is widely recognised as being one of the first 'science fiction' novels. Starring Michael Maloney as Frankenstein & John Wood as the Creature, this spine-tingling dramatisation perfectly conveys the book's pervasive sense of unease & dread. Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist & seeker after knowledge, considers it the pinnacle of his career when he makes a Creature in his own name. But his triumph soon turns to horror, & he is appalled when the Creature, denied a female counterpart, turns against his creator & commits a terrible crime. In a desperate attempt to destroy his creation, the scientist tracks him from Europe to the desolate North Pole, & in this bleak landscape of ice & fog, prepares to confront his nemesis... ...